John Smith wrote:
> While struggling to keep my 99 Accord on the road (192,000 miles and
> climbing) I have become pretty familiar with it, but so far with my 2003
> Accord all I've had to do is change the oil.
>
> I just tried to replace the air cleaner element and found the designers have
> replaced the steel hold-down clips with screws. So I removed them and then
> tried to maneuver the cover off to expose the filter but could not. All
> right, I need a book for the "new" car and will get one. But in the
> meantime, while replacing the four screws on the air cleaner, I dropped one
> and lost it somewhere in the engine compartment.
>
> Can anyone tell me what screw to use as a replacement? I've gone crazy
> searching for that little sucker. Thanks as always to this generous group
> for all the help.

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When that happened to me recently, I smacked the underside of that
plastic 'guard' that's under the radiator and the screw jumped out.
www.slhondaparts has diagrams and part numbers for everything.
www.helminc.com has the service manual you need.

'Curly'